Tuesday, November 8, 2016

November 8, 2016 (The Telegraph) On April 26,
1986 was a tragic day in the history of the Soviet Union and the world at
large. On this day the accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. About
116,000 people were evacuated from a 1,600 square mile exclusion zone around
Chernobyl, on the border of Ukraine and Belarus. A huge area around the station
became the exclusion zone. Recently, scientists have launched a project that
aims to learn more about the fauna of this abandoned place. It turns out that
the presence of people affects wildlife much more than radiation, because in
the Chernobyl area found fauna, which were not observed more than a century.

The research results have drawn a wide response
among biologists. The study revealed that in the Chernobyl forests
significantly increased the number of wild boars, wolves, roe deer and foxes. In
addition, scientists found the rare animals, which for many years did not
appear in these places: European lynx and brown bear. Professor at the
University of Portsmouth Jim Smith claims that this accident has created a
certain reserve: “We are not saying that radiation is good. But the lack of
human impact has allowed the animal population to grow”.